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Octopus

Huge octopus die-off on Namibian beaches

Our Burning Planet

Huge octopus die-off on Namibian beaches

By Don Pinnock

Caught in Mauritania and eaten in Japan, the common octopus is being fished out

World

Caught in Mauritania and eaten in Japan, the common octopus is being fished out

By Tristen Taylor, Nathalie Bertrams, Ingrid Gercama and Ching-Li Tor

What we’re cooking today: Octopus stew

TGIFood

What we’re cooking today: Octopus stew

By Georgina Crouth

What does an octopus eat? For a creature with a brain in each arm, whatever’s within reach

Magazine

What does an octopus eat? For a creature with a brain in each arm, whatever’s within reach

By Erin Spencer and Yannis Papastamatiou

Gin & Tentacles

ZAPIRO

Gin & Tentacles

By Stephen Francis & Rico

Octopus fishing in False Bay is killing Bryde’s whales, and with them, a magical and unseen kingdom

South Africa

Octopus fishing in False Bay is killing Bryde’s whales, and with them, a magical and unseen kingdom

By Swati Thiyagarajan

The Morality of Octopus Hunting in False Bay

South Africa

The Morality of Octopus Hunting in False Bay

By Don Pinnock